Los Angeles City Attorney Candidate Carmen Trutanich; California Faces a New Fiscal Crisis; Zachary Quinto: The New "Spock"; FilmWeek Review
Los Angeles City Attorney Candidate Carmen Trutanich
Attorney Carmen Trutanich and Westside Councilman Jack Weiss are competing in the May 19 runoff election for Los Angeles city attorney. Larry Mantle talks with Carmen Trutanich about the issues surrounding the race.
California Faces a New Fiscal Crisis
Less than two weeks from now California voters will decide one way or another the future fiscal condition of their state. Unless voters approve ballot measures May 19, California may have to borrow more than $20 billion to offset the deficit. The governor has stepped up warnings that cuts to education and public safety may take place if the measures do not pass. Larry talks about the ballot measures and the budget situation with Jason Dickerson of the Legislative Analysts Office, State Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and H.D. Palmer of the State Finance Department.
Zachary Quinto: The New "Spock"
Just ten years ago, actor Zach Quinto was a budding thespian fresh out of Carnegie Mellon Drama School in Pittsburgh. He went on to land several television roles, but it was his portrayal of the super villain Sylar on NBC's "Heros" that catapulted his screen career... now he's playing an American icon -- Spock -- in Paramount's new Star Trek movie, out in theaters today. What's it like playing a cultural phenomenon? And how does one translate traditional stage training to a big screen, popular summer release? Larry talks with Quinto.
FilmWeek Review
Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig of USA Today and Peter Rainer of The Christian Science Monitor discuss this week's new film releases including "Star Trek," "Julia," "Adoration," "Little Ashes," "Rudo Y Cursi," "Revanche" and "Treeless Mountain."